Fred Rogers Quotes

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people. I am inspired by hard work and honesty. And I am inspired by nature.

I have always tried to have a message, not to be a preacher, but a message that shows it's better to be a good guy than a bad guy, and I try to make it clear that doing the right thing is more attractive than not.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.

I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.

I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

You just couldn't be in George Romney's presence without some of his goodness and integrity wearing off on you.

Great men are almost always bad men.

You a role model by way of someone will model after your role. They'll model themselves after what they perceive is success. That doesn't mean they take your morality and virtue seriously. They want what you want, and they're willing to do what you do to get it.

I believe there's a place for goodness and love in everything I do.

And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .

I don't like the word power, because I don't really care about power. No, that's not what it is. I like that I make people feel good. I like that I take them out of their mundane, boring slumber. And I wake them up, and they have fun.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy.